Anthropology 4400E Study Guide - Final Guide: North American Free Trade Agreement, Byrsonima Crassifolia, Trans-Cultural Diffusion
13 Apr 2018
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Anthro 4400 final exam review article summaries drawing lines: identities. 1) weiss"s article on thug realism: inhabiting fantasy in urban tanzania. The barber shop is more than just a place to get your hair cut, it is marked by youth, masculinity and the stress of the hustle or urban life. 2) ferguson"s of mimicry and membership: africans and the new world society. Letters begging europe and whites to save africa. The cultural other wanting to be like europe. Movie les maitres fous of hauk people being possessed by french colonialists. Africans didn"t like this movie and opposed it. A form of resisting and contesting authority by removing the power. In case of congo people wanting west goods and putting on plays this is only the materials that are from west, the project is entirely african. The paradox of describing africans as modern when they don"t even have running water. Anthropologist contrasts the two letters and their similarity.
